This is my first fan fiction so be gentle please. Thank you.
Walking up to the precinct on Monday morning was Olivia Benson. Ready to start the week with a cup of coffee from the café across the street. Monday mornings were always the worst because everything started all over again. The cases that didn't leave you reeling from their absurdity had the ability to break your heart into pieces. As she was walking up to her desk she sat her coffee down before going to her locker to get her cell phone that she left last night. She looked to see if she had any messages. Surprised that she had none, she walked back to her desk to sit down and log on to her computer.
After an hour of flipping through paper work she looked up feeling a tap on her shoulder. A girl that couldn't be more than six years old was standing rigid by Olivia's chair. Her hair was light brown and greasy. She had pink shorts with a white, dirty shirt and flip flops. Which wouldn't be surprising except it was January and still cold outside. "Hi, can I help you?" Olivia asked. The little girl nodded her head in acknowledgment. "Well what can I help you with?" she tried again to get the girl to talk.
"I don't know where my momma is." The little girl replies.
"Well, lets start with your name, you do have a name don't ya?" Olivia said trying to get the girl to laugh. Which she succeeded in doing when the girl giggled and replied.
"Of course silly, my name is Logan. What's yours?" Olivia smiled at the girls response.
"My name is Olivia. What's your moms name and when did you last see her?" Olivia asked trying to get as much information as she can.
"My mommas name is Katharine and I saw her yesterday morning. We spent the night at her boyfriend's house last night and she went with one of her friends so I had to stay with him. I don't like him, he smells funny. So I started walking down the street and before I know it I came here." Shocked to say the least, Olivia took another look at the girl and saw that she had dirt smudges on her and she smelled like cigarette smoke. Guessing that's the smell she was talking about her mommas boyfriend smelling like. Before Olivia could think of something else to say Logan kept on talking.
"So can I stay here for a little bit? I won't get in the way I promise. I just don't want to stay with Jeff or walk around by myself, because there are some creepy people out there on the street." Olivia didn't know what to say. So she asked what came to her mind.
"Does your mamas boyfriend know you left?" Logan looked back at Olivia like she was stupid.
"Duh, he told me to scram and go back to my momma. So that's what I'm trying to do. But I can't find her."
Olivia is dumbfounded. "You mean you've been by yourself since yesterday morning?"
Logan gets the "you're stupid" look on her face again before she replies.
"Isn't that what I just said?" Olivia gives her "not amused" look right back.
"No need for smart comments, missy." Logan got a crestfallen look on her face. "Sorry, Ill just go. I didn't mean to waist your time." She says before she turns to walk away with her head down and takes exaggerated slow steps towards the door. Olivia can't help but smile and call her back. But before the little girl can turn around she freezes and just stares at the door, watching as Finn brings in what looks like a strung out hooker. And before Olivia can stop Logan she has darted towards the woman yelling "Momma" and slams into the woman's legs holding on tightly. Olivia doesn't know what to expect but she never would have expected for the woman to just try and remove the kid with her finger to her forehead and a small push.
"Eww kid you stink. Why didn't you take a bath while I was gone?" Finn and Olivia just looked at each other. Not knowing what to say.
"Sorry momma, but remember, Jeff had his water and power cut off last week. That's why you got in a fight last time and left him" she said with a trembling botton lip. It was the first time in the ten minutes that Olivia had been talking to Logan that she saw seriousness instead of playfulness inside a child way to young. It wasn't a trembling lip of a child not getting their way. It was a trembling lip of a child that didn't want anger her mother and just wanted to do right by her mother. She recognizes it because it was how she felt all those years ago. Snapping back to the present Olivia sees Finn take Katharine back to a holding cell for the day. Logan looked back over to me.
"Now can I stay?" she asked with a watery smile. Smiling back Olivia takes Logan to the back where the playroom is.
"Stay in here for now. I will be back as soon as I can, Okay?" Olivia asked.
Logan for a second looks uncertain, but then finally nods her head. Closing the door behind her Olivia goes in search of Finn to try and find out why Katharine had been brought in. Seeing Finn talking to Craegin, Olivia waits for them to finish. Finn sees Olivia and walks towards her.
"What did Katharine do?" Finn sighs and begins to explain.
"Found her shooting up with some dealer. When he saw us he took off but she was too slow and we caught her. They were about to sell drugs to some punk kid. Looked like he was thirteen. Anyway she told the cops that she was raped, so they called us and now we have to take her statement. We are just going to wait until she is lucid enough to make a statement."
Olivia thought about how she was going to word her next question but Finn beat her to it. "Craegin already talked to child services they are booked today and tomorrow so you got the kid until they find a placement for her or until Katharine gets out" Said Finn. Olivia sighed in relief. She thanked Finn and went in search of Logan. As she opened the door to the playroom she saw Logan drawing a picture. Walking over to the table Olivia saw that she was drawing a picture of herself and Logan at her desk. "That looks so good." Olivia said smiling down at her. " How would you like to spend the next couple of days with me?" Olivia asked.
Logan's smile got brighter and she nodded.